Comparison

Song Meter Touch vs APSstatus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Song Meter Touch

Transform your device into a professional bioacoustics recorder. Capture, analyze, and manage wildlife vocalizations with real-time spectrograms, customizable playback, and GPS tagging. Ideal for researchers and wildlife professionals.

Highlights
  • Retroactive recording
  • Customizable playback and filtering
  • Advanced spectrogram visualization
  • External microphone support
  • Recording list management
  • GPS tagging
  • Sharing and importing
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Turn your smartphone or tablet into a professional bioacoustics recorder with Song Meter Touch from Wildlife Acoustics. Designed for wildlife professionals and researchers, Song Meter Touch makes it possible to record and visualize wildlife vocalizations and soundscapes using a real-time spectrogram. Key Features: • Retroactive Recording Capability Begin capturing audio three seconds before you tap “Record” to ensure you don’t miss a thing. • Customize Your Listening Experience for Deeper Insight Adjust playback speed, filter frequency by zooming, and trim recordings to focus on the specific sounds that interest you most. • Advanced, Customizable Spectrogram Adjust brightness, contrast, and FFT size settings to fine-tune your viewing experience. Whether you prefer a gray or color palette, our spectrogram offers superior detail to help you distinguish unique wildlife sounds. • External Microphone Support Connect an external microphone for greater clarity; simply adjust audio gain via the Settings menu. • Recording List & Management Easily browse, sort, and search your recordings. You can also select multiple recordings for deletion, transfer, or sharing. • Playback & Comparison View waveforms or spectrograms and listen to your recordings at your convenience. Use Compare Mode to juxtapose two recordings for detailed analysis. • GPS Tagging Tag recordings with location data, viewable on a map. Ideal for tracking species in different areas. • Sharing & Importing Share your recordings via email or text. Import recordings from other Song Meter Touch users or other recording or wildlife ID apps. • Easy Transfer & Import Conveniently transfer recordings to your computer via Wi-Fi or USB. Import recordings from your computer to the app—handy when switching devices or sharing sounds. About Wildlife Acoustics Wildlife Acoustics is the leading provider of bioacoustics monitoring technology for biologists, researchers, and government agencies worldwide. Our acoustic and ultrasonic recorders and sound analysis software help scientists conduct species inventory, presence/absence surveys, and habitat health monitoring to make impactful discoveries that expand our understanding of the planet. Learn more at wildlifeacoustics.com.

About

APSstatus

Features
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APSStatus delivers instant access to accelerator and beamline operational status for APS staff, beamline scientists, and facility users. STORAGE RING STATUS View live parameters including beam current, lifetime, top-up state, injection operation, fill pattern, scheduled and actual operating modes, and operator messages from the Machine Control Room. SHUTTER STATUS Monitor all APS beamline front-end shutters at a glance. Color-coded indicators show each shutter as open or closed, with beam-ready dots reflecting the Personnel Safety System (PSS) Station A search state. BEAMLINE VIEWS Select up to four beamlines for quick-access status pages. Currently supported: 02-BM (Micro-tomography), 07-BM, 12-BM, and 32-ID. ACCELERATOR SYSTEMS Choose up to four accelerator monitoring pages: • Vacuum system — sector-by-sector valve and gauge status across all 40 APS sectors • Liquid Nitrogen Dewar System (LNDS) — dewar temperatures, levels, and valve states • RF and Klystron data — RF system summary and klystron status • Power supply status — storage ring power supply summary and detail WEB STATUS PLOTS View live APS web-based status plots including the HD storage ring comfort display, beamline status overview, and weekly history. CUSTOMIZABLE LAYOUT Select the beamlines and accelerator pages most relevant to your work. Preferences are saved and restored between sessions. All data is fetched directly from APS operational servers and refreshed on demand with pull-to-refresh on every view.

Screenshots

Song Meter Touch4 screens
APSstatus4 screens

Verdict

The call

Song Meter Touch and APSstatus are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Song Meter Touch versus APSstatus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSong Meter TouchAPSstatus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperWildlife AcousticsArgonne National Laboratory

In-app purchases

None

Song Meter Touch

No in-app purchases

None

APSstatus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Song Meter Touch free?
Song Meter Touch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is APSstatus free?
APSstatus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Song Meter Touch or APSstatus have ads?
Neither Song Meter Touch nor APSstatus shows ads.

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